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Historical Event on 5/31/1973
Mohan Kumaramangalam, Central Minister, died in an air crash near Delhi.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/29/1970 | Union Government revises the percentage of reservation in service for SC\STs from 12.5\% to 15\%. Orders to be effective from 25 March. |
| 11/23/1990 | Madhavrao Ganesh (Balasaheb Dixit), founder of daily news paper ""Turun Bharat"", passed away. |
| 11/23/1990 | Sultan Mehmud of Ghazni began his first real expedition to India by defeating the Hindu King Jaipal. He won Afghanisthan and Punjab in Peshawar battle. This was the first major Muslim conquest in India. |
| 11/5/1995 | Common Guidance test flight of Trishul successful. |
| 8/18/1923 | Jamshed Khudadaad Irani, cricket wicket-keeper for India during the 1947-48 Australia tour, was born in Karachi. |
| 10/23/1973 | Sambamurthy Pichhu, famous musician of Madras, died. |
| 8/23/1995 | First ever cellular phone service begins in Calcutta. |
| 3/26/1980 | Bombay gets its first rock concert in 10 years (The Police). |
| 10/29/1991 | Barister Waman Barlinge (Dadasaheb), great freedom fighter, former Rajya Sabha member and Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, passed away. |
| 9/10/1923 | Sukumar Roy, famous Bengali child litterateur, passed away. |
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